Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aretha Franklin’s incredible music seemed made for the movies — with each song often feeling like a powerful short film in itself.

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” died this morning in her Detroit, Michigan, home. She was 76. We’re wrapping up ...

As recently mentioned, Bowery Presents acquired Philly venue Electric Factory and temporarily renamed it North Seventh while they ran a contest for fans to help permanently rename the venue. Now it’s ...

The final service for Aretha Franklin was infused with the kind of riveting gospel music and preaching that launched her to international stardom. Both pop and gospel singers, as well as a storied ...

PHILADELPHIA – The Bowery Presents announced today the venue most recently known as North Seventh, formerly the Electric Factory, will host audiences under a new name – Franklin Music Hall – after the ...

When Franklin’s clarion voice hit the airwaves in 1967, she seemed a force of nature, a voice with the force of a horn section that claimed full attention, whether lamenting love gone wrong or ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The results are in and the old Electric Factory has a new name. Franklin Music Hall was the winner of a naming contest, new owners The Bowery Presents announced Thursday. The ...